Amazon had a very productive year and managed to keep themselves in the news with ton of product releases and business maneuverings. Today, we take a look back at the 10 most notable things Amazon did in 2014.
Amazon Buys Twitch
Amazon acquired the video-game streaming site Twitch … [Read more...]

In a nod to the understanding that consumers who read on mobile devices are probably on a time budget, the newly launched full-length issues of Vanity Fair have a new offer: reading times. Originally initiated by Liberty magazine in the 1920s, the reading time feature sorts articles for the reader … [Read more...]

The world of self-publishing is rife with unfriendly, non-intuitive platforms that demand a strong technical knowledge to be able to produce compelling ebooks. Barnes and Noble is hoping to solve this problem with the unveiling of its Nook Press platform. Announced today, it is a direct follow-up to … [Read more...]

Curious George is a staple of any child's library, and now Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has released the first two titles in the Curious George Multi-Touch Storybook and Activities Series for the iPad. They are Curious George Says Thank You and Curious George in the Big City. The interactive format … [Read more...]

3,000 ebooks will be part of a new children's library in Mexico City, bringing the total to 28,000, according to reports Publishing Perspectives. The Biblioteca BS-IBBY México/A Leer is located in a mansion and offers three reading rooms for different ages, a digital archive, and a recording studio … [Read more...]

Adobe analyzed data from more than 150 billion retail websites and compiled its holiday predictions today, foreseeing that by the Cyber Monday close of 2012 post-Thanksgiving shopping, online sales would reach about $2 billion. That data, compiled in its Digital Indexprior to the shopping season … [Read more...]

Fictionwise, one of the leading independent ebook sellers, will cease operations on December 4, 2012. Fictionwise was one of the pioneers - maybe the major pioneer - in the ebook arena. The company took an unusual route, making ebooks available in multiple formats and initiating the use of … [Read more...]

There is an old Arabian proverb, "If the camel once gets his nose in the tent, his body will soon follow." It may apply to Wiley & O'Reilly creating another important crack in the DRM wall. O'Reilly Media has always been a vocal supporter of DRM-free ebooks. The company is beginning to convince … [Read more...]

During the last week, no new e-readers have dropped but rumors continue to swirl about the new line of Amazon Kindle Tablets and e-Readers hitting the market. Sony also intends on releasing a followup to the Sony PRS-T1 in the next few weeks and Blackberry released the Playbook 2! In our Week in … [Read more...]

During this last week many of the top six publishers released their 2nd Quarter financial results and bodes well for the eBook industry. Lots of new Android devices have been launched and there is tons of news as always! Welcome to the Good e-Reader Week in Review weekly publication, covering the … [Read more...]

Major companies in the e-reader sphere are jockeying for position in the cutthroat world of retail sales. It looks like Target has had enough of these companies lowering their prices and has slashed their entire inventory. This has resulted in many current generation e-readers to have their prices … [Read more...]

Kobo will be introducing a new self-publishing platform called Writing Life in the next few weeks. The essence of this new platform is to allow indie authors to publish their ebooks on Kobo's expansive ecosystem. You will be able to sell books in all the markets that Kobo supports and set your own … [Read more...]